A General News and Rumors Post--veinglory

There is a report at
Absolute Write that
the Erotic Challenge and
the Submissive Challenge websites are not paying in a timely manner (if at all). Their stated terms are: "Payment is $25 per accepted Challenge, paid the month it is put live on the site."
It is rumored that
Publishers Weekly will be writing a story on how
Romance Writers of America accepts (or doesn't accept) people into PAN and whether all has been fair and above board. As far as I knew the definitions, like them or not, were overt and empirical?
Can't get enough erotic romance gossip from the blog? Try our
Erotic Romance Writers forum! Well actually the forum pre-dates this site, but it is part of the ER-empire now and a good way to catch up with other authors. :)
I am sitting down to write my new column for the
Romance Writers of New Zealand newsletter (Heart to Heart). It is called 'Digital Romance'. Any ideas what members of a national romance writers (one that leans more to print publishing) might like to know about the romance e-book world?
I would also like to remind people about the
happy-omoter. When you next send on your sales figures update you could also add a simple yes or no for each publisher. That being the answer to the question of whether you are basically satified with your experiences with that publisher. Oh and now is a good time ti send in those updates, I'll be revising the
PLIST page soon.